the prime minister has made a plea for people to have their covid vaccination boosterjabs as he warned of a wave of infections sweeping in from across europe. in the uk, cases are falling across all four nations. here s our health editor hugh pym. people in the netherlands enjoying a final evening in bars and restaurants before a partial 3 week lockdown starting tomorrow the government s response to rising covid infections set out by the prime minister tonight. translation: this is - a hard blow of a few weeks because the virus is everywhere throughout the country, in all sectors and in all ages. hospitality venues will have to close at 8pm, there will be early closing for supermarkets, fans will be barred from major sporting events and households will only be allowed four visitors. i mean, i understand it sucks, obviously, but i understand the reasoning behind it. i think we have to do it for the good of everyone else. i think mental health should be considered more th
taken hold elsewhere, as thousands of workers are striking across the country and millions of others are just straight-up quitting. more than 4 million americans, almost 3% of the entire workforce walked off their jobs in august. these quitting and striking workers are fighting for things that president biden s build back better build would fund, but lawmakers are still negotiating. and there has been a not so great development in those negotiations. senator joe manchin finally stated he will not support the $150 billion policy known as the clean electricity performance program that would pay electric companies to transition away from fossil fuels. the overall stalemate also endangers the infrastructure plan, but president biden is confident they ll get it across the finish line. i m convinced we re going to get it done. we re not going to get $3.5 trillion. we ll get less than that, but we ll get it and we ll come back and get the rest. now, playing in the background of
further strike action. good morning from wimbledon on day three of the championships. after rain disrupted much of the play, 87 matches are scheduled for today as they try to clear the backlog. a rest day for andy murray though, as he eases into round two on a day where only eight matches were completed. the forecast today is sunshine and showers the forecast today is sunshine and showers. showers fairly hit and miss for most showers. showers fairly hit and miss for most of showers. showers fairly hit and miss for most of us. many of us staying dry all for most of us. many of us staying dry all day for most of us. many of us staying dry all day. we will be back with more dry all day. we will be back with more details later on in the programme. it s wednesday, the 5th ofjuly. today marks the 75th anniversary of the nhs a milestone that s brought warnings the service won t be around for its 100th year without investment and change. today s landmark is being celebrat
the home secretary says the uk should train its own lorry drivers and fruit pickers to bring down immigration. a british man goes on trial in cyprus accused of murdering his ill wife. he tells the court she begged him to help end her life. and the bbc investigation into how adults are being diagnosed with coming up on bbc news. they won the premier league seven years ago, now leicester are fighting to stay in the top tier of english football. but victory against liverpool could give them a lifeline. good evening. the president of ukraine, volodymyr zelensky, has met rishi sunak at his country residence chequers on the final stage of a whistle stop diplomatic tour. the president personally thanked the uk and said he was grateful for the aid because it could save the lives of his people in their fight against russia. on saturday he was in rome shaking hands with the pope whom he invited to kyiv. sunday was berlin. germany s leader, olaf scholz, announced a defence weapons packa
let s now get down to business. we start with energy as more eu caps on russian oil have come into effect. the price of premium products, primarily diesel, is being capped at $100 a barrel, while low end products, including fuel oil, will be capped at $45. other oil product imports are banned completely from today. the price cap is designed to limit moscow s ability to fund its war in ukraine. enforcement relies on prohibiting insurance and shipping companies from dealing with russian cargo, unless it was bought at or below the set price. i have not got viyella davis to talk about this instead i do have another guest. joining me now is spencer welch, oil analyst with s&p global. we have been talking about eu caps and bounce, what has changed today? changed today? there is essentially changed today? there is essentially three - changed today? there is. essentially three different mechanisms that have been put in place in the last two months. on the fifth of december, the eu